Saturday, January 1, 2011

Best Year Round Seasonal Cricut Cartridge of 2010

This is going to be a tough category for me because I absolutely LOVE all of these cartridges. I mean, really love them! I chose cartridges that covered all the holidays extensively (hence no Simply Charmed, for example).

Here are the contenders for the category of Best Year Round Seasonal Cricut Cartridge of 2010:

1) Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art: This full size cartridge has a whopping FOUR fonts, layered word art, cute two layered images and some of those famous Martha borders! Remember these cake cartridges all work all the machines and make beautiful cards. They are not just for cakes!

2) Celebrate with Flourish Lite Cartridge: This is one of my all time favorite cartridges! It has beautiful multi-layered word art and flourishy images for all the holidays. Available only at Walmart and cricut.com.

Let's hear a drum roll, please.....the winner of the Best Year Round Seasonal Cricut Cartridge is the......

I chose the Martha Seasonal Cake Art cartridge because it had four fonts and all kinds of borders. If you love the Martha border punches, you'll love these borders on here. This cartridge cuts like a dream also. I also chose this one because it is more widely available and not as pricey as the other two, due to that fact. I know....probably shouldn't be a factor but it did enter into the considerations.

Frankly, though, if I could have had a three way tie, I would have. But I thought you guys would think that was a cop out!

I have the cheerful seasons and like it alot but I think I must buy the Martha Stewart cartridge because I love her border punches and would love to have them in a cartridge rather then buy all the punches. I've been contemplating buying the punches but now you have changed my mind. Thanks Joy!

I appreciate your list of favoritesit has been really helpful incomparing cartridges. Just got back from my Roberts craft store and bought the Cindy loo after seeing your report. All the carts are 19.99 or 24.99 today--wish I could have bought a dozen! Just wish they carried the Martha S. carts! CraftinginUtah

I got 2 of the MS carts for Christmas & just used one today for the first time. I love the cuts & the fonts on both of them! I don't know if it's appropriate to do this, but anyone interested in purchasing them should check out Memory Misers. She has fantastic prices on carts. and ships very quickly.

Well I don't have too many cartridges and none that would fill either "best year round" or "best for moms". You are so right that this is super hard to select just one from each category. I love love love the card you made with Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons but there is no way that I would drop about $90 to buy one cartridge. That's just plain craziness. So on this one I guess I'll have to agree with you even though I don't think I'd want the cartridge.Also for the Best for Moms selection that would be difficult because they seem so age specific. It's nice to have a mixture of baby on up to teen age on a cart. I really like Create A Critter and use it so often. So that would be my pick.

Joy, the card you made using the MS cart is absolutely gorgeous! I'm pretty new to this whole thing; got my Cricut in October, but I think I'm learning that it's "all in the paper." The papers you used for this card are so pretty and coordinate so well. All your cards are fantabulous! You are definitely one of the best designers out there in this wide world of crafty scrappers. Love your blog too. I'm going to have to check out those MS cartridges! Best wishes for a Happy New Year.

Wow!!!! I feel really dumb. I had no idea the MS cake carts could be used for paper projects. This was not a lost day......I learned something new. :-) Now I am off to take a real close look at the cake carts. more :-) {Hugs} PeggyStampnmore at aol dot com

Love all your cards..I think my fav is Celebrate with Flourish but I wasn't aware MS had a Seasonal Art cart I have her Holiday cart..and U R so right her borders are spectacular...I'm going to, however, check this one out....thanks for all your ideas they are all brilliant.

I'm gonna agree with you on this choice Joy... I have all 3 cartridges and they are ALL Wonderful.... but the Martha Stewart Cartridge does offer a lot more than the other two in terms of Font and Borders which makes it more versatile for soooo many projects! :o)

Well Joy, I don't have any of these! but I have had my eye on the Celebrate With Flourish cartridge for quite sometime now...and now that I know you can use the cake carts on any cricut machine I feel like a whole new world has just been discovered! lol!!

I just love all your creations here on this blog. I agree with your choice. I only have one MS cartridge which is Elegant Cake but it is worth buying just for the borders! Did some pointsettia type flowers in red with a green backing and it turned out beautiful! This was a big undertaking for you and we all really appreciate it.MstganeAnn

I have Celebrate with Florish and use it a lot. I have been looking at the MS cartridges trying to decide which ones to put on my wish list and it what order to put them as to which I want most. You are helpingf me decide on which cartrridges I reallyt MUST HAVE. Thanks for shareing

My favorite cartridge for 2010 would have to be the Cricut Lite Live Simply cartridge. I found myself pulling it down from the shelves...more often than the others. I got the Simply Charmed cartridge and Birthday Bash cart in November and would have to say that I absolutely love the BB cart! It has a LOT of options on it. Check it out!

I have Celebrate with a Flourish and Love It! I would like to get the CM cheerful seasons cartridge. I hear it is wonderful. Haven't heard much about the Martha Stewart one except on here. Thanks for a great blog!

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